Travel Ban Is Overkill

Given all the warnings issued during the storm Tuesday, I will admit that folks who do not have to be traveling should not. If they are uneasy traveling in the snow, then they should stay home.

We have more equipment and snow removal personnel than we ever had and the balloon goes up at the first hint of a storm. The hysteria fanned by the media and fueled by the politicians has reached an insane level. Too cold, it's snowing, etc.

What in the world did we ever do without these people getting into our faces and telling us what to do, not do, how dress, walk the dog? The list is endless. Not safe to go outside, you will get disoriented. Only essential people can travel the roads, another good one. Suppose I had elderly parents who needed to be shoveled out and who lived a few miles down the road. Am I to believe that I would get a fine if I went to help them out?

I have always lived in a rural area where we still have to fend for ourselves and live without the "services" that many of our urban friends enjoy. What the hell ever happened to self-reliance or better yet, common sense?